Wigan Athletic 2-0 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wigan Athletic 2-0 Stoke City: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

A. Alcáraz opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from A. Alcáraz (55') and Victor Moses (90+3'). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 19th on 25 points from 30 and Stoke City 12th on 38 points from 30. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Stoke City 14th with 45.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 5 draws and 1 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-D-D-L-D and Stoke City's D-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · M. WilsonStoke City
  • 34'Yellow card · Jean BeausejourWigan Athletic
  • 34'Yellow card · Emmerson BoyceWigan Athletic
  • 54'Yellow card · Glenn WhelanStoke City
  • 55'Goal · A. AlcárazWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadStoke City
  • 76'Yellow card · Andy WilkinsonStoke City
  • 90+3'Goal · Victor MosesWigan Athletic · 2-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Wigan Athletic 1, draws 5, Stoke City 1.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Huth, Matthew Upson, Danny Higginbotham, Andy Wilkinson, Wilson Palacios, Salif Diao, Kenwyne Jones, Cameron Jerome, Rory Delap